A Huntington Beach man who was beaten in a seemingly unprovoked attack outside Angel Stadium in Anaheim over the weekend was identified Monday as a former Los Angeles Police Department officer, according to Anaheim police.
The victim’s...

A Huntington Beach woman pleaded guilty to playing a role in a fatal shooting at Murdy Park in 2010.
Marissa Star Bilotti, 23, pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to voluntary manslaughter, assault with a deadly weapon and burglary. She also admitted to being armed...

A transient pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from his alleged participation in the Huntington Beach disturbance following the U.S. Open of Surfing, according to court officials.
Eli Reuven Jackson, 20, was arrested on suspicion of...

A former Garden Grove police officer was convicted Friday of forcibly sodomizing three women, all of whom he had dated.
Jesse Andrew Green, 36, of Huntington Beach, was found guilty by a jury at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana of three felony...

Huntington Beach police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in three sexual batteries in the city, according to police.
Matthew Andrew Linville, 19, of Westminster, was booked into Huntington Beach City Jail on suspicion of assault with intent to commit rape and sexual battery and is being held on $100,000 bail, according to police.
Plainclothes officers were monitoring the grounds of the Bella Terra mall, where Linville is believed to have groped women at a Burlington Coat Factory and a parking structure...

The sixth annual Dane Williams Surf Festival is coming to Huntington Beach on Oct. 26 in memory of the local surfer.
The Huntington Beach High School graduate was drugged, sexually assaulted and murdered in 2008 while visiting San Diego for a trade show.
The event is intended to remember Williams and bring awareness to victims of sexual assault.
The festival falls a few weeks after what would have been Williams' 29th birthday.
"It's a happy, family day," his mother, Valen Williams, said of the...

A Fountain Valley man was convicted Wednesday of causing an explosion that started a fire inside his Santa Ana hotel room.
Thanh Van Quang, 39, was found guilty by an Orange County Superior Court jury of one felony count each of arson of an inhabited property and possession of a flammable material with sentencing enhancements for arson with use of an accelerant, according to a release from the Orange County District Attorney's office.
Quang has four prior strike convictions from 1998 for voluntary...

Huntington Beach police have arrested six additional suspects on charges related to the disturbance at the end of the U.S. Open of Surfing in July.
According to a statement from police, the arrests, made since August, bring to 20 the number of people who have been taken into custody in connection with the melee July 28, when attendees of the surfing competition took to the streets of downtown Huntington Beach, causing several thousands of dollars in damage.
Michael Andrew Wilson Millard, 26, of...

A Huntington Beach man has been convicted of starting three fires at an Irvine church because he disagreed with its stance against masturbation.
Izad Chavoshan, 32, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felonies of arson, one felony of attempted arson and a hate crime sentencing enhancement, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
Chavoshan, who has a strike from a prior conviction of criminal threats from 1998, could either be placed on probation or face up to 20 years in state prison,...

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Craig Lane and Walton Drive: Disturbance of the peace was reported at 12:08 a.m. Monday. The caller reported hearing a woman screaming, "Don't touch me, don't touch me." It sounded like the man and woman were outside and yelling at each other.
Delton Circle: Loud music was reported in the 16500 block at 12:41 p.m. Monday. The caller reported loud music coming from a garage where a teen band called Abolitionist was playing.
Goldenwest Street and Norma Drive: A man disturbing the peace was...

Authorities arrested two additional suspects Thursday in the alleged assault on a man by a group of skateboarders, police said. There are now five suspects involved in the case.
Viktor Silcock, 25, of Huntington Beach, was allegedly attacked by a group of teens May 10 and remains hospitalized.
Huntington Beach police arrested a juvenile suspect on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury. The juvenile was booked at Orange County Juvenile Hall.
Orange County Probation also...